2026 Year 7 Parent Information

The Year 7 Parent Information page contains information about the following which are relevant to students' transition from primary school to secondary school at Kurnai College.

• Year 7 Parent Information Evenings
• Advanced Learning Program (ALPs) Testing
• Transition Program (Awareness & Orientation Days)
• Timeline of Events

Information Evenings

Kurnai College’s Morwell Campus and Churchill Campus will be holding information evenings for families of students who are transitioning into Year 7 in 2026.

The evening will provide an outline of our Year 7 Program including curriculum, orientation process, and a tour of our education facilities.

If your child is currently in Grade 6 and coming up to Year 7, it would be lovely to see you!

Morwell Campus
Tuesday 29th April commencing at 5pm
42 - 66 Bridle Road, Morwell
For more information, contact Patrick McGrath on (03) 5165 0600 

Churchill Campus
Tuesday 29th April commencing at 5pm
Crn Northways Road & McDonald Way, Churchill
For more information, contact Erin Gruis on (03) 5132 3700 

2024 Year 7 Advanced Learning Program (ALPs) Testing 

Kurnai College is looking ahead to the year 2025 and will be providing testing opportunities for students considering the Kurnai College ALPs program.

The Advanced Learning Program is designed to cater for students who have a strong work ethic and aims to extend students' depth and breadth of thinking and learning in Maths, English, Science and Humanities.

Testing will be completed with all Grade 6 students from the Morwell feeder schools (Morwell Park Primary & Morwell Central Primary) and Churchill feeder schools (Churchill Primary, Churchill North Primary, Yinnar Primary, Yinnar Primary, Yinnar Sth Primary & Hazelwood North Primary) at their primary schools.

The following dates are for students who wish to complete the ALPs testing who do not attend a Kurnai College feeder school.

Morwell Campus: Tuesday 1st April 2025, 4:00pm

Churchill Campus: Friday 2nd May 2025, 3:30pm

Bookings essential, please contact the school office at your relevant campus.
Students may need up to two hours to complete the testing and are recommended to have a phone to contact parent/guardian when the test is finished.

Transition Program

Moving from primary to secondary school is a big change. It can be exciting but can also be challenging or worrying for many students.

Kurnai College has a Transition Program that runs to support students who will be transitioning from grade 6 to year 7 to ensure that the move from primary to secondary school is as smooth as possible.

Activities and events are held throughout the students’ final year of primary school to support students and ensure that they feel confident when they commence at Kurnai College. A number of awareness days occur throughout the year for students from both the Churchill Campus and Morwell Campus feeder schools, with the state-wide orientation day in mid-December.

Awareness Days

In early term two Kurnai College hosts its first set of Awareness Days.

Morwell Campus
Tuesday 29th April

Churchill Campus
Tuesday 29th April

Our goals for awareness day is building confidence

• Students gain a better understanding of our secondary school environment.
• They have an opportunity to interact with current Year 7 students.
• They will meet Kurnai teaching staff, especially the Year 7 teaching team.
• They will build knowledge of our procedures and expectations.
• They will experience a fun, caring and engaging day.

Students are required to be in their primary school uniform and bring their pencil case.

Please bring a snack for recess. BBQ lunch and drink provided, however please bring a packed lunch if not having the BBQ lunch.

Extended Transition Days

In early term four, Kurnai College hosts extended transition days for the students to continue on their familiarisation of their Kurnai College Campus. 

Morwell Campus
October - Morwell Park Primary School
October - Morwell Central Primary School
October - Other feeder schools

Churchill Campus
6 sessions are running in Term 4 by referral or nomination only.
Please contact the school directly to reserve a place.

Orientation Days

This is a great opportunity for students to spend a day at the school to meet some of their teachers and classmates, familiarise themselves with the campus, and learn how to become involved in co-curricular activities.

The state-wide Orientation Day occurs on Tuesday 9th of December.

However, at Kurani College we recognise the significance of supporting students through the transition from primary to secondary school and therefore hold three days of orientation on Friday 5th, Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th of December, 2025 for all grade 6 students who will be commencing Year 7 at Kurnai College in 2026.

A parent information session will also be held on Tuesday 9th of December, 5pm at the Morwell Campus and 6pm at the Churchill Campus. 

Year 7 Camp

The Year 7 camp to Coolamatong usually occurs during Term 2.
Students participate in a range of fun and challenging cooperative activities that are designed to enhance teamwork, relationship building, communication and self-confidence.

Timeline of Events